The New York Times: “Ending one of the longest-running disputes left by Hurricane Katrina, a federal arbitration panel ruled Wednesday that Louisiana would receive $474.8 million – nearly all it had requested – to pay for the replacement of Charity Hospital in New Orleans, which has been closed since the storm…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday said that she could gather enough votes to pass the Senate’s health care reform bill (HR 3590) if the upper chamber agrees to make several changes to the bill through reconciliation, CongressDaily reports…
As campaigns get under way for elections this spring and fall, many media outlets are examining the policy positions of incumbents and their challengers, including where they stand on reproductive rights and related issues. The following summarizes recent media coverage of races in Pennsylvania and New York. ~ Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa…
Kaiser Health News notes that in his State of the Union address last night, President Obama called on Congress to get health reform “done.” While he acknowledged obstacles, his call for health reform was just as impassioned as his first address to a joint session of Congress 11 months ago…
“Laying out a possible path to approving healthcare legislation, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) said Wednesday that the House should pass the Senate’s version and then use a process known as ‘budget reconciliation’ to make the changes some lawmakers are demanding,” The Los Angeles Times reports…